dell inspiron cpu and memory upgrade questions

Discussion in 'CPU, Motherboards and Memory' started by violetblueskies, Jun 5, 2011.

  1. holybaboon

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    Then I jumped to Turion 64X2 TL-68, 2.4 G Hz.
     
  2. pocsbunko

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    Thanks mate!
    So no overheat despite the 10 Watts difference.
    So, the bios is 2.6.2? Your 2+2 memory type?

    (I am just trying to figure out if the motherboard is a bottleneck.)

    Thanks very much for your help. It's really appreciated.
     
  3. holybaboon

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    There is a little heat problem. 31 w -35 watts, so not 10 watts difference but 4 watts, right? But I cleaned my heat sink and fan to mitigate that. A cooling pad will help too.
    The bios should be the most updated, 2.6.3 (http://support.dell.com/support/dow...W1&osl=en&catid=&impid=&SystemID=INS_PNT_1501). RAM is 2G *2, which is good for 64 bit win 7 for example. I am not sure about the motherboard, which is out of date. I hope this helps.
     
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  5. holybaboon

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    Oh sorry, I dont know the sempron stuff. But I am sure about the Turion TL68. It works for me now.
     
  6. gcretro

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    VioletBlueSkies,

    So did you finally upgrade your dell 1501 semptron 3500?I have the same laptop which my folks in India are using. I want get the right cpu/ram and get it done when I go to visit them. I get only one shot at it, so I need to get the right cpu & ram. I am confident on the TL-60 cpu but ram is question.

    I am thinking of getting a AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60 TMDTL60HAX5DC (Tyler).

    Question: What ram should I get? (my original 1501 semptron came with 1 gb ram).
     
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    signed up just to say THANK YOU for this thread :) ... I landed here thanks to google ... and my mistake while shopping for a used AMD mobile CPU ...

    anyways, I accidentally thought any AMD Turion Mobile fitting the socket will run in my mom's Inspiron 1501. wrong. I purchased the $17 chip described as Turion II Mobile M500 2.2GHz, well ... it fit, but laptop couldn't start with it installed. ... then I googled ... and came here :)

    Thanks to this thread, I ordered a super cheap $17 (shipped free) AMD Turion 64 X2 2.1GHz TL-62 off ebay and now can't wait to get it!
    Hoping this will fit and run! Model number is TMDTL62HAX5DM and according to OEM specs this is what I needed ... and cheap! :)
    http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K8/AMD-Turion 64 X2 Mobile technology TL-62 - TMDTL62HAX5DM.html

    if anybody in US and likes shopping ebay for old laptop upgrades, here is the listing, the guy incorrectly described it as 1.2GHz, but model number matches TL-62 :)
    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140642921206
    one more left as today.
    my way of saying thanks ;)
     
  8. froosen123

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    OK, so i have read all of this and what i am understanding is that because i have the Athlon cpu in mine, the most i can upgrade to is the tk-57? it is a 1.9 ghz dual core. is that right? here is a link of the 57.
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/AMD-Athlon-...Oem-/111004275677?pt=CPUs&hash=item19d85ed3dd
    THANKS
     

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